TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lange,Marc
TI  - Laws and lawmakers: science, metaphysics, and the laws of nature 
SN  - 9780199870042 (ebook) :
AV  - BD581 .L255 2009
U1  - 113 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York, Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Philosophy of nature
KW  - Physical laws
KW  - Philosophy and science
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - What distinguishes laws of nature from ordinary facts? What are the 'lawmakers': the facts in virtue of which the laws are laws? How can laws be necessary, yet contingent? Lange provocatively argues that laws are distinguished by their necessity, while also providing a non-technical and accessible survey of the field
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195328134.001.0001
ER  -